Auxiliary work-rest.



E. L. TOWNSEND.

AUXILIARY WORK REST.

APPLICATION HLED FEB. 2. l9l8.

1 274,21 5. Patented July 30, 1918.

INVENTOH,

ATTOR N EYa EVERETT L. Towns-Egan, or LA oaossn, Wisconsin.

AUXILIARY WORK-REST.

Specification of Letters1atent. 7

Application filed February 2, 1918. Serial No. 215,144.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EVERETT L. TOWNSEND, a citizen of the United States,residing at La Crosse, in the county of La Crosse and State ofVisconsin, hve invented certain new and useful Improvements in Auxiliaryork-Rests, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved work rest and is adapted forassociation with a carpenters miter box to support work, especially longwork in such a manner that it will not tilt but will have a firmbearing.

I aim to provide an article of this kind which is easily and quicklymanufactured and to particularly provide one having a rod or the likeperforming the two functions of anchoring the article to a work-benchand of a means whereby the article may be adjusted to vary its heightrelative to the miter box or equivalent device. 7

Additional advantages and objects will appear as the descriptionprogresses herein after in connection with accompanying drawingsillustrating one preferred embodiment and Wherein:

Figure 1 is atop elevation of the carpenters work-bench, with a miterbox thereon, work associated therewith and my improved rest in operativerelation therewith;

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of my improved rest;

Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2, and

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the table member of the rest.

Referring specifically to the drawings, a work-bench is shown at A and amiter box is shown at B, in order to exemplify my improvements. Work isshown at C, as resting on the improvement designated generally D.

My im roved rest comprises a base member 5 which rests directly on thetop of the table or work-bench which is desi ated 6. On the top of thebase 5, a bearing is preferably formed, through which a rod 8 slidesvertically; The table top is provided with any desired number ofvertical openings 9 into which the rod 8 selectively extends in order toanchor my improved device. If the rest is to be permanently secured tothe table top, any desired numberof openings or apertures 10 may beprovided in a base flange 11 of the base 5, through which screws orother fasteningmeans may be driven into the table top 6. The uppermostmember of the device is a table 12 which has a flat top as'shown andwhich is provided with a central hub at 13 from which ribs 14 extendoutwardly. Rod 8 extends into the hub 13 and in any desired manner isrigidly connected thereto so that in the event the rod '8 is adjustedvertically, the table 12' will move therewith. By reason of theconnection of table 12 with the rod 8, said table is adjustablevertically relatively to the base 5. In order to secure the rod andtable in adjusted positions, a set screw or the equivalent as suggestedat 15 may be employed, which is mounted in an enlarged portion 16 of thebase and which may be turned to bind against the rod 8 frictionally.

If the device is used in the relation shown in Fig. 1, it will berealized that it acts as an auxiliary for the bedplate of the miter boxin order to firmly support the work, es-

pecially when the work is long. The article may be removably orpermanently fastened to the bench top 6 at the option of the operatorand according to the nature and size of the work, placed in any positionrelative to the miter box desired. The rod 8 serves the doublefunctionof anchoring the device and also as a means which may befastened to secure the table 12 at various heights.

When securing the device to the top 6, the

. rod 8 is inserted into the desired opening 9.

The article is then adjusted relatively to the work and to the level ofthe bed plate of the miter box by looseningthe set screw 15 and raisingthe table or rod 8, after which the set screw 15 is tightenedintobinding relation with the rod 8, to maintain the table in the properadjusted position.

Since I have described merely one preferred embodiment of the invention,it is to be understood that changes in the details of Patented July30,1913.

construction may be resorted to provided they fall within the spirit andscope of the invention as defined by appended claim.

I claim A au i rk" r having a a le member, a conical shaped base member,a rod a plurality of openings so that the same may extending from thetable member through beheld against movement. 10 the base member, saidrod being slidable In testimony whereof I affix my signature through andextending below said base in presence of two witnesses.

member whereby it may function as an an- EVERETT L. TOWNSEND. chor,means to secure said rod against s1id Witnesses:

ing movement in thebase member, and said Y J. L. PETTINGILL,

base member having a flange provided with W. D. IDEN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0.

